Arsenal urged to consider rights issue to protect £50m war chest February 20, 2012 STRUGGLING Arsenal were last night urged to consider issuing new shares in a bid to bolster their finances and free up cash for new players. The Gunners are poised to confirm more healthy financial results, with last summer’s sales of Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri swelling their available cash to £50m. But that could be [...]
Lancaster ready tinker as key trio return from injury February 20, 2012 ENGLAND head coach Stuart Lancaster admits he will shuffle his pack to accommodate the returns from injury of Manu Tuilagi, Toby Flood and Courtney Lawes ahead of Saturday’s crunch Six Nations showdown against Wales. Tuilagi (inset), who has not represented his country since leaping from a ferry in New Zealand following England’s World Cup exit [...]
Morgan eyes up Pakistan clean sweep February 20, 2012 ENGLAND batsman Eoin Morgan insists Alastair Cook’s one-day side can take a step towards mirroring the achievements of the Test team in reaching No1 in the world by completing a 4-0 series whitewash against Pakistan today. Back-to-back centuries for Cook, a combined total of 11 wickets for Steven Finn and a timely return to form [...]
Haye ready to talk but still wanted February 20, 2012 BRITISH heavyweight David Haye has promised to co-operate with boxing chiefs over his press conference brawl with Dereck Chisora – but was last night still wanted for questioning by German police. Both fighters face possible criminal charges and the threat of jail, as well as bans from the British Boxing Board of Control, following the [...]
MAKING A SPLASH | Chinese duo strike gold in London February 20, 2012 LONDON’S magnificent new Olympic Aquatics Centre hosted its first day of competitive action yesterday with China’s divers taking gold in a World Cup event chosen to test the venue. World champions Qin Kai and Luo Yutong won the men’s synchronised 3-metres springboard ahead of Russia’s Ilya Zakharov and Evgeny Kuznetsov, while Malaysia’s Brian Nickson Lomas [...]
Kauto star avoids illness February 20, 2012 HORSE RACING: Champion trainer Paul Nicholls has revealed some of his horses are coughing – but not stable stars Kauto Star and Big Buck’s. Nicholls confirmed the duo avoided the illness which has struck at his Ditcheat stables less than a month before the Cheltenham Festival
Bennett to miss England clash February 20, 2012 RUGBY UNION: Wales hooker Huw Bennett looks likely to miss Saturday’s Six Nations clash with England because of a calf injury.
Surprise loss for Ageas on write-downs February 20, 2012 BELGIAN insurer Ageas announced an unexpected fourth quarter loss of €44.5m (£37m) yesterday as it wrote down the value of its Hong Kong operation and took a €124m hit on the value of its Greek bond holdings. Without these impairments its insurance division would have turned a full year profit of €595m, the firm said. [...]
Desperate buyers pay huge premium on top properties February 20, 2012 THE RESTRICTED supply of property in the most popular areas in London has led to buyers paying premiums of up to £100,000 above the asking price, according to a report published yesterday by estate agents Cluttons. Domestic and foreign buyers have enthusiastically invested in London, causing the stock of houses on the market to fall [...]
House-hunters look to UAE to avoid Eurozone February 20, 2012 BRITISH house-buyers looking to invest abroad are increasingly willing to move outside of Europe, according to research from PrimeLocation.com. Searches on the website for Spanish properties plummeted 15 per cent in the final quarter of 2011, compared with the previous quarter, the website said in figures out today. Italy and France were close behind, with [...]
